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U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Green Bay, has supported several measures to reduce illegal immigration.
2017: Voted to advance to the floor of the House of Representatives a bill to increase U.S. Border Patrol personnel and make border infrastructure improvements. No floor vote was taken.
2023: Voted for the Secure the Border Act, which would have resumed construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall and limited asylum eligibility. It passed the House, but was not taken up by the Senate.
Jan. 17, 2024: Voted for a House-passed resolution that “denounces the Biden administration’s open-borders policies.”
Feb. 5, 2024: Introduced a bill to spend $25 billion for border wall construction.
Gallagher has a grade of A- from NumbersUSA, which promotes reduced immigration.
On Feb. 6, Gallagher and two other House Republicans voted no on impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The vote failed.
A social media post called the three “open-border Republicans.”
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Sources
Congressman Mike Gallagher Gallagher Votes in Favor of Border Security Bill
US Congress H.R.3548 – Border Security for America Act of 2017
Govtrack H.R. 2: Secure the Border Act of 2023 — GovTrack.us
Govtrack Summary of H.R. 2: Secure the Border Act of 2023
Govtrack H.Res. 957: Denouncing the Biden administration’s open-borders policies
Google Docs NumbersUSA grades 2/7/24
AP News House vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas fails, thwarted by Republican defections
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